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Ponoka RCMP investigate robbery
Central Alberta Mounties are looking for a suspect after a robbery in Ponoka last week.On Dec. 15, 2023, at 3:32 a.m., Ponoka RCMP received a report of a robbery that occurred 30 minutes earlier on 48...
Dec 18, 2023
Whitecaps move Champions Cup game to Langford due to B.C. Place scheduling conflict
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps are shifting their CONCACAF Champions Cup game on Feb. 7 to Starlight Stadium in Langford, B.C., because of a scheduling conflict at B.C. Place, the club's home sta...
Dec 18, 2023
Trial dates scheduled for local Mountie charged with theft
Trial dates have been scheduled for a central Alberta RCMP officer charged with theft.Brandon William Smith, 44, is scheduled for trial in Red Deer Court of Justice from June 18-19, 2024.It was In May...
Dec 18, 2023
Pentagon announces new international mission to counter attacks on commercial vessels in Red Sea
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) - The U.S. and a host of other nations are creating a new force to protect ships transiting the Red Sea that have come under attack by drones and ballistic missiles fired from Hou...
Dec 18, 2023
Hornets' Miles Bridges denied access to Canada for NBA game due to legal problems, AP source says
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges has been denied entrance to Canada for an NBA game due to his past legal problems, a person familiar with the situation told The Associat...
Dec 18, 2023
Hornets' Miles Bridges denied access to Canada for NBA game due to legal problems, AP source says
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges has been denied entrance to Canada for an NBA game due to his past legal problems, a person familiar with the situation told The Associat...
Dec 18, 2023
Ottawa Senators fire head coach D.K. Smith, name Jacques Martin interim replacement
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have fired head coach D.J. Smith amid yet another losing season in the nation's capital. The Senators made the announcement a day after Ottawa lost its fourth straight gam...
Dec 18, 2023
Toronto FC GM says club intends to use first overall pick in MLS SuperDraft
It's been 10 years since Toronto FC last held the top pick in the MLS SuperDraft and the club traded away that selection. New England, the beneficiary of that deal, used it to select Andrew Farrell. S...
Dec 18, 2023
Quebec doctors say emergency room overcrowding is putting patient health at risk
MONTREAL - Emergency room doctors in Quebec say overcrowding in hospitals has reached dangerous levels. Dr. Judy Morris, head of an association of Quebec ER doctors, says occupancy rates are as high a...
Dec 18, 2023
MacKinnon, Demko, Dobson named NHL's three stars of the week
NEW YORK - Colorado Avalanche centre Nathan MacKinnon, Vancouver Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko and New York Islanders defenceman Noah Dobson have been named the NHL's three stars of the week. MacK...
Dec 18, 2023